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Phantom Lady (1944)

Phantom Lady poster
Directed by
Robert Siodmak
Genre
drama film, film noir, mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 27m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 138 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young secretary tries to clear her boss of murdering his wife. She searches for a mysterious woman who might be his alibi.

noirmysterioussuspensefulshadowygrittytenseunsettlingstylish

What happens

Phantom Lady is a 1944 American film noir directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Franchot Tone, Ella Raines, and Alan Curtis. Based on the novel of the same name by Cornell Woolrich (writing as "William Irish"), it follows a young Manhattan secretary and her endeavors to prove that her boss did not murder his wife. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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